The development tracker has the general development plan for the East Crossroads Milhaus development at 19th & Oak. 3 phases to the plan, which is still preliminary: Phase 1: 70-unit, rectangular 4-5 story building facing 19th with street-level retail 78-unit, rectangular 5 story building facin...

The ones in grids pic look like the bus would have to back up to get out of those stalls. That doesn't seem efficient ? Houston Metro has a downtown transit center combined with their HQ that seems well designed and avoids this problem I'm not sure if there's a public lobby, but that certainly coul...

Especially downtown where you hear sirens all day and have no idea where they are or where they're going It lessens the chance of cross traffic not seeing/hearing the emergency vehicle and entering the intersection.. Page 116 http://dor.mo.gov/forms/Driver%20Guide.pdf If you can't figure out where ...

Public Works refuses to budge on full-scale "pre-emption" (always green), reserving that for emergency vehicles (who, coincidentally, don't use the systems PW has installed for them anyway, preferring to blow through intersections without signal changes). People are used to stopping until...

Could citizens do anything to change their mind? Pester the council? Ask for data and then if that goes nowhere file sunshine requests for information on the system. I figure asking for any documents around official policies for streetcar traffic prioritization and what the current settings are for...

Based on all of their other properties, it will likely be called "21C Museum Hotel Kansas City". Wow, doesn’t seem very creative or marketable. go look at the names of most hotels. Hotels aren’t very creative It’s the brand name and the location and sometimes something extra. Hyatt Regenc...

Are any Kansas City neighborhoods gentrified to the point that higher property taxes forcing people out? Most of the larger urban neighborhoods growing rapidly were really never residential in the first place and those that were (e.g., Quality Hill) were apartments and are converting to more apartm...

The data tell the real downtown housing story Maintaining existing affordable housing stock and increasing that inventory are critical to the sustainability and continued growth of greater downtown Kansas City . Growth isn't going to come if the city tries to renege on the deals it made that lets r...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/article-real-estate-developer-pitches-plan-for-50000-units-of-affordable/?cmpid=rss Related article of interest. Very good news Here's another one from a few years ago showing a need to rethink what neighborhoods look like http://theprovince.com/life/home...

Why should the time of purchase mean citizens get a special deal on their taxes to keep them below the market yet be able to benefit from selling their home at market rates? Strongly agree, definitely think it's cool when poor people who maintained the neighborhood's building stock through decades ...

Exactly. Did they promote diversity through tax incentives for existing residents? No, the community embraced diversity and the good and bad that came with it. Some residents doubtless got pushed out to increase economic diversity with Cityview and Northgate Village bringing higher cost housing into...

People won't walk based on that map? That's the same distance as from Iron to Ozark and it's perfectly flat with no intersections. That's going to be one of the easiest walks in the region. I also wonder what the gravel road bed is for, it's not on that map. Construction access??? the map on page 8 ...

I recommend a judicious use of tax abatement to allow people of varied incomes, backgrounds, vocations and cultures to be a continued part of our historic neighborhoods. In part because it is the 'right thing to do' but also because it results in a richer experience for everyone. The differences ar...

Fixed property tax rates will create bigger problems. Road, trash, etc costs don’t stay down because the city fixes m taxes. It discouraged new people entering into a neighborhood because the city has to raise rates on new owners over existing existing which will hurt sales. The problem is average h...